GLOBAL WILDLAND FIRE NETWORK

The mandate of the Global Fire Monitoring Center (GFMC) and the Global Wildland Fire Network (GWFN), a global voluntary network, is to provide policy advice and to facilitate science and technology transfer to enable nations

– to reduce the negative impacts of vegetation fires (wildland fires) on the environment and humanity, and

– to advance the knowledge and application of the ecologically and environmentally benign role of natural fire in fire-dependent ecosystems, and sustainable application of fire in land-use systems.

This page provides information related to readers of the website that are below the GFMC by providing access to a wide range of national and institutional sources to describe the information, publications, data monitoring, early warning system, and management in prevention efforts forest and land fire. See more…

Peatlands are occurring in all vegetation zones and in the majority of countries throughout the world. They represent a large reservoir of terrestrial carbon that has been accumulated since the last ice age – tentatively a total of up 500 billion tonnes. Many peatland sites have been drained and cultivated with the help of fire for hundreds of years. Nowadays we are recognizing that the remaining peatlands represent important refugia for biodiversity. See more…